Iran’s China moment? From isolation to regional hegemony
18 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Makkah Pact: The geopolitics beyond Islamic solidarity
17 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Myanmar’s deteriorating crisis and the political future of the Rohingya
16 September 2026
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Bangladesh between India and China: The dilemma of defence diversification
15 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
What Bangladesh should ask before joining the Makkah Pact
13 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Nepal’s difficult passage: Political change meets ecological crisis
13 September 2026
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BRICS at 20: Why the New Delhi Summit matters to the Global South
12 September 2026
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From Balfour to sanctions: Why the UK’s ban on Israeli settlement trade matters
11 September 2026
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Ganges Water Treaty: A new bargain or a new dispute?
10 September 2026
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Bangladesh and the Mecca Pact: The national security questions we are missing
9 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Regime change in Bangladesh: The fallout for India
India's best interest may perhaps lie in strengthening a new democracy in Bangladesh.
8 August 2024
How to not fall for another dictator
After Sheikh Hasina’s fall, the return of BNP or other existing parties will only perpetuate the cycle of corruption and mass sufferings.
8 August 2024
Who would be better for Palestine: Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?
If Trump is so anti-war, then why do extremist leaders in Israel prefer him over Harris?
31 July 2024
What are the global stakes of Bangladesh's current crisis?
Bangladesh’s global reputation and image have taken serious hits.
31 July 2024
A historic decision, but can Kamala Harris beat Trump?
Dropping out of the US election race, Biden endorsed his Vice-President Kamala Harris, who has risen more to the spotlight in the last year
24 July 2024
Teesta is no longer a bilateral issue
Teesta has ceased to be just a river; it assumed a status of strategic importance
24 July 2024
How Trump's assassination attempt affects the US election
The imagery of blood trickling down Trump's face and fist up in the air is quite iconic—supporters who loved him love him more, and the ones who did not look at him are looking at him now.
17 July 2024
The most incredible election in French history
With many losers and very few winners, it is the most astonishing election in the country’s modern history.
16 July 2024
Vive la Revolution… again?
In what is looking like the most shocking election result so far this year, the French left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NPF) emerged victorious.
10 July 2024
How a US act revived Sino-Indian confrontation over Tibet
Almost six decades after the Sino-Indian war over the Tibetan border issue, the US’ Resolve Tibet Act would certainly bring the issue out of historical obscurity.
10 July 2024
Lessons from four elections: More challenges to democracy ahead
Do these elections indicate a strategy to beat populist politics?
9 July 2024
The Bangladesh-India friendship dilemma
India’s current leaders along with big business oligarchy have been pursuing a one-sided foreign policy.
3 July 2024
Biden needs to go, but he won’t
There is still time to introduce a new face and a charged voice.
29 June 2024
Sudan crisis explained: Why wars are not a matter of the past
To look away from Sudan, at this time, is tantamount to complicity.
26 June 2024
Civil war in Myanmar: Bangladesh should revisit its national security strategy
It is high time Bangladesh revised its national security strategy and worked in close collaboration with the other key regional players.
26 June 2024
The stakes are too high for the world to fail Palestine
Realising the stakes of the failure to address the current Gaza genocide, millions of people have been coming to the streets to protest.
20 June 2024
Death of Bangladeshi youths in the US: When violence hits home
The police killings of Win Rozario and Sayed Faisal, Bangladeshi American youth, have put the role of law enforcers under great scrutiny.
16 June 2024
Trump, now a felon, presents huge political challenge
Say what you will about former US President Donald Trump, but give him his due.
6 June 2024
India’s election opens the door to the past
India witnessed a tumultuous time between May 1996 and October 1999 when coalition governments came and left in quick succession.
5 June 2024
Rafah on fire: Is the cult of the US and Israel above international law?
The world is now slowly opening its eyes to the genocide in Gaza, coming to terms with the need for Israel's accountability.
29 May 2024